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The pool of candidates running for three open Naples City Council seats swelled to six when a former councilman and a local businessman entered the race.

The candidacies of Gary Price, a councilman from 2005-14, and Terry Hutchison, a Naples 7-Eleven franchise owner, add new competition for February’s election, which already had the potential for large turnover on the seven-member council.

Councilwoman Linda Penniman is running for re-election to a second four-year term.

Two other council members, Doug Finlay and Sam Saad, will term out next year.

Jim Moon, a Naples attorney, and Wynn Phillips, a former psychologist, filed to run with the City Clerk’s office last June. They finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the six-person race for three council seats in 2016.

A third candidate, Mitch Norgart, a broker with Gulf Coast International Properties, also filed in June and is making his first run for a spot on the council. Norgart sits on the city’s design review board; he was appointed to it in June 2016.

Price’s candidacy marks another foray into elected office for the longtime Naples financial adviser who has mulled over runs for state and congressional offices.

Hutchison is seeking his first term as an elected official after an unsuccessful council run in 2016.

Both candidates expressed a need for the council to spend more conservatively and take more time to listen to their constituents.

Hutchison referred to the council’s controversial approval last year of a 7-Eleven project near the low-income River Park neighborhood, which came after a large group of residents said they opposed the project because of safety concerns.

“We had a community of people that had a real problem with that,” said Hutchison, 56, himself a 7-Eleven franchisee since 2012. “In my opinion, we have sufficient coverage of convenience and gasoline in the area. In that particular situation, I think it’s fair to say I would have sided with the people of River Park.”

Similarly, Price called for town hall meetings and a streamlined process for gaining public input on major projects. Plans for the city’s Baker Park, which Price helped oversee as a council member, broke down after the council mismanaged its fundraising effort and a round of public charrettes, Price said.

“We have not done a good job in this town of seeking input from our people,” Price, 52, said.

Price in May 2015 announced a campaign for the Florida Senate. But he ended his candidacy the next January, citing his son’s health issues. He has sat on the city’s planning board since the council appointed him in April 2016.

Price was chairman of the Naples pension board from 2008 to 2016. He said as a council member he would call on his colleagues to set aside money each year to pay off the city’s unfunded pension liability, which climbed to $48 million last year for the three retirement plans for Naples employees.

“We should be paying down something every year,” Price said.

Hutchison, president of the Lake Park neighborhood association, finished fifth out of six candidates in last year’s council race, with roughly 2,200 votes, or about 11 percent.

In the wake of cleanup and restoration costs after Hurricane Irma, Hutchison said the council must consider reining in some of its capital spending, including on large projects such as the $20 million Baker Park.

“We have to tie in the discussion with Baker Park and do we have the adequate reserves to handle unforeseen dramatic events — expensive events — such as Irma,” he said. “I’m not convinced we’re where we need to be financially to handle that.”